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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family from abroad is visiting for the holidays. They want to go to an American diner. What is the most authentic one in the area? [/quote]
Everyone knows that an authentic American diner is Greek.  A diner must have the following: a glass dessert display case up front, a long menu, and some sort of poster or model of the Parthenon.  Bonus if there is a Greek flag or surly septuagenarian proprietor at the cash register. Unfortunately, DC is lacking in the Greek diner department and the few that existed are slowly vanishing.  I don't think any of these are great, but they are diners - Amphora (Herndon), Metro 29 (Arlington), Double T (Annapolis, Catonsville, Pasadena, and some others...).[/quote]

You have no clue what you are talking about. The original authentic diner is in a converted or prefab old style dining train car. There is a counter and then some booths opposite it as there is no room for tables. Almost all of them are in the Northeast and they most certainly are not Greek.

Just check this list out. If it doe snot look like this then it isn't a diner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diners[/quote]

I think you are both correct. I grew up with the Greek diners and they exactly as you described. The best Greek salads! But they had everything on the menu. [/quote]

Nope, maybe in the DC area they call them diners, but I am from the northeast where diners were created and none of them are Greek or are in massive huge restaurants. They are all in dining cars. [/quote]
New York and New Jersey would like to have a word with you...[/quote]

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